Link budget analysis for terahertz fixed wireless links

IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 250-256

  Schneider, Thomas ^a   Wiatrek, Andrzej ^a   Preussler, Stefan ^a   Grigat, Michael ^a   Braun, Ralf Peter ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE TELEKOM LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modeling; submillimeter wave communication; submillimeter wave propagation; terahertz(THz) communications; wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BASIC PROPERTIES; BROAD BANDWIDTHS; BROADBAND CONNECTION; BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESSS; DATA CENTERS; DATA RATES; FIXED WIRELESS LINKS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HIGH DATA RATE; HIGH GAIN; LINK BUDGET ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL FLUCTUATIONS; PATH LOSS; TERAHERTZ; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; WATER DROPLETS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS LINK; WIRELESS STATIONS; WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS;

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; DIGITAL TELEVISION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EID: 84858289651     PISSN: 2156342X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2011.2182118     Document Type: Article

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